As part of the celebrations marking the Centenary, the program of events with which the city of San Donà di Piave pays tribute to its illustrious citizen MOVM Giannino Ancillotto has been launched.
On April 29, the ribbon was cut at the monographic exhibition on Giannino Ancillotto at the Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, carried out by Mrs. Antonella Ancillotto, the Mayor of San Donà di Piave, Dr. Andrea Cereser, and the Director of the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance and Armament Department of Treviso (3rd RMAA) Colonel Edoardo Pilone, in the presence of General of Squadron Aera (r) Giulio Mainini, General of Air Squadron (r) Antonio Pilotto, civil and military authorities, and representatives of numerous Sections of the’Association of the Aeronautical Forces (A.A.A.).
The exhibition was organized by collecting historical material from the Civic Museums of San Donà di Piave and from the exhibition hall of the 3rd RMAA and was embellished by the presence of the medalist Giannino Ancillotto made available by the family.
The ribbon-cutting was preceded by a flag-raising ceremony at the monument dedicated to Giannino Ancillotto in Piazza Indipendenza, which saw the passage of a SPAD XIII and subsequently, a conference was held at the Leonardo Da Vinci Auditorium that saw the interventions of the 1st Lgt. (r) Pio Gambuto, who recounted the emotions and sensations of Giannino Ancillotto on the day of the legendary demolition of the Dragons by Rustignè, and by Lieutenant Colonel Gabriele Aiolfi, of the 51st Squadron, who illustrated the activities of the Italian Air Force, highlighting the common thread that links today’s pilots to the example and achievements of the pilots of the past.
Finally, to seal the city's connection with the Navy, personnel from the 3rd RMAA set up a plane AMX on static display in Piazza Indipendenza.
Giannino Ancillotto, Asso The fighter aviation of the First World War is credited with 11 downings. It has gone down in history for the downing of dragon balloon (of the brake-operated balloons used for reconnaissance) on December 5, 1917 in Rustignè di Oderzo. Giannino Ancillotto, after hitting them at close range with rockets dragon balloon, he managed to pierce it while passing through it unscathed with his biplane Nieuport 11 through the cloud of incandescent hydrogen that had developed. Gabriele D’Annunzio called this undertaking “perficitur igne” (made perfect by the fire).
The 3rd RMAA was established on January 1st, 2020, following a complex reorganization and optimization of the technical-logistical structures of the Armed Forces, which resulted in the transfer of competencies to the new entity of the 2nd Missile Maintenance Department in Padova, the 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Department in Treviso, and the 6th Helicopter Maintenance Department in Pratica di Mare. The 3rd RMAA is subordinate to the Commander of the 2nd Division “Technical Operational Support for Aircraft / Armament / Avionics” of the Logistics Command and has the task of ensuring the technical-logistical management of the rotorcraft systems, on-board armament, surface defense systems, and avionics systems of the Air Force, while also providing technical-logistical support for the end-of-service life of the AM-X and SPADA weapon systems.
